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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 90:F437-F440 doi:10.1136/adc.2004.068015
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The importance of irradiance and area in neonatal phototherapy

Table 1

 Peak and integrated irradiances of the systems under test, together with the ratios of the total irradiance when the outlines were moved 4 cm and 8 cm

Central peak irradiance (mW/cm2) Central peak irradiance (μW/cm2/nm) Term baby total irradiance at centre (mW) Prem baby total irradiance at centre (mW) Ratio 4 cm:centre Ratio 8 cm:centre
Hill-Rom Microlite 1.20 ∼24 319 236 0.98
Draeger Phototherapie 1.70 ∼34 575 366 0.97 0.97
Medestime Duo 1.72 ∼34 628 394 0.99 0.97
Natus neoBLUE 3.26 ∼65 1118 711 0.97 0.95
Bilicrystal IV2 (top unit) 3.08 ∼62 1034 684 0.99
Bilicrystal IV2 (under unit) 10.57 ∼211 2744 2033 0.97
Medela Bilibed 7.82 ∼156 1156 953
LED Bilibed 11.72 ∼234 1333 1215

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